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A-A ~WDFh e mocrats tate Their PeItion on the Question. SOME INTERESTING VIEWS 'pPWtunity Presented While Philip. pines Measure Was Being Consid ered-Protection Policy Aired. A vigorous speech in favor of the iPbilippine tariff bill by Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania opened the proceed - 15s in the house Wednesday. It was followed by several others against the measure, most notable of which was 'a two-hour address by the veter 6n statesman, Mr. Keirer of Ohio, an ex-speaker, who returns to the house titter retirement of twenty years. Mr. Keifer bespoke "stand pat" doctrine of the most pronounced type, and said he should oppose the pending bill, be cause it was a concession to the dem ocratic principles. Opposition to the bill was made be. cause of fear of rice competition by Mr. Pujo of Louisiana. As the result of an interruption, Champ Clark of Missouri made this comment regarding the Dingley tariff law: "I think it is an infernal curse to the whole American people." 'Mr. Williams, the minority leader, Interjected into Mr. Pujo's speech what he considered the exact (eimo cratic 4ositiQn on the tariff. "It should be levied solely with regard to the- maximum revenue pro duction.. If it protects in certain places, well and goo*l; but that should not be its prinary object." Mr. Williams .xplained that his party did not believe in free trade, and that the declaration In its plat form that all forms of protection are robbery, to which attention was call ed by Mr. Grosvenor, did not mean free trade. The recent ejectlon of Mrs. Alinor Morris from the white house ofico was made tIe subject. of remarks by 'Mr. Sheppard of Texas. Messrs. Payne and Grosvenor raised the point of order that Al. Sheppard was not discueslng the bill under con sIderation, buit the point was not sus tained by the chair, Mnd Mir. Sheppard continued, saying: "If the president had heard the howl of a wolf or the growl of a bear in the adjoining room, he would have been on the scene imnimediately." ie characterized the occurrence as an "unwarrantable and unnecessary brutality, which demanded investiga tion and merited censure." "If congre;A," he continued, "com posed of American fathers, husbands, brother-s, perilts this incient. to go unrebuked, it will add a palssive and cowardly alppr'ova:l of thuis violation or the most sacred principle of American ilfe." Mr. Grosvenor replied, saying that congress was not a pollee cour-t, and that he (1id not believe a sensation should be spread abi-oad dlamaging to the character- of the American admn Istration. The house adjourned until Thurs day. PROPOSiTIO'N IS ACCEPTABLE. Alabama to Have Convention to Name Members of Supreme Bench. While ther-e is all sorts .of com ment on the action of the Alabama state democratic committee in laying out the plan of time campaign in the state this year', it is a fact that every body seems pleased with the p~rov-is ion for a convention to name mem hers of the supreme bench and to keep the party organization intaot. Confirmations by the Senate. The senate, in executive session, Wednesday confi-rmed the following nominations: Frank F4rantz, gover-nor of Oklahoma; H-. J. Hager'mann, go ernor of New Mexico; r-eceiver of land office, N. H. Alexander, at Mont gomery, Ala. RAISE THE COLOMBIAN PI..AG. San Bias indians Rebel Against Sover eignty of Panama. Irranaqumina, grand chief of the Sani Bllas Indians on the lower Atlantic coast of Panama, announces secession from Panama and the renewal of al legiance to Colombia of himself and followers. - There are about 30,000 of these In *diana along 110 miles of the most fer tile part of the coast of Panama and in all the villages the Colombian flag -Is being displayed. This revolt againsmt *Panama's rule is said to be fomented by the Colombians. JUDGE HART DiES SUDDENLY. Proininent Tennessecan Found Dead .in. Bed at Chattanooga. Jiid'e Henry' C. Hart of Knoxville ~Ieldsdepulty collector of internat revr ernue, was found (load Weduccaa~ mnorning at thme Southern hotel in Chat tanoo a. Helhad retired ir 'his usual heal~l and the cauhe of his death Is tli lowvn, but it is supposedly hutart rtouble. Heb was a man of wealth, h4 influence, in East Tennessee. WANT GERMAN SERVANTS. ~ovement in, Atlanta to import Large i.Nmmber of Girls from Chicago. 4 droe a a movement on foot to im 1 A tO Germran girlIs from Chicago (l~tah* in tlie hope' ef remedying IURISDICTION iS DEjED. I Greone and Gaynoir Ralse such Point of Qontention ;t ,ggpg of Their Trial in SaVannah. After four years spent in exile as fugitives from the law, 13enjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor appeared Tuesday in the federal cor-et for the southern district of Georgia before Judge Emory Speer at Savannah to answer to several indictments, charg 1ng them with conspiracy to defraud the government, with embezzlement and with receiving money known to have been embezzled from the United States. The attendance in the court room was large, the interest shown by members of the bar being particular ly intense ;a number of visiting law yers were present. Shortly after the convening of court Mr. Erwini announced that at this time he desired to call only the cases of Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor, making no allusion to the in dictments standing against the co de fendants, William T. and Edward H. Gaynor, brothers of John F. Gaynor; Michael A. Conolly and former Cap tain -Oberlin M. Carter, none of whom were in the city. Upon the request of Colonel Mel drim, Mr. Erwin outlined the method of procedure he would adopt in the trial of the cases. le will ask that the defendants plead to the several indictnents against them, it being then his purposo to consolidate all the charges and try the accused upon tile indictments, the defendants plead ed no't guilty to in 1902 before they left for Quebec, forfeiting bonds of $40,000 each. A plea in abatsment was read by Colonel MQelrim, holding that tile counrt was without jurisdiction, be cause the charge or consIiracy, upon which the iirst bill of indictment has been found. was not an extraditable offenso utinder the treaty obtaining with Canada. He asked the court to discharge the defendants from cus tody. Mr. Erwin expressed a desire to 1ile an answer to the plea later, suggesting that the case might pro coed in the meantime. The court ten tatively took the samo view. Counsel for the defense objected, however, claiming that the question of the plea was one of vast impor-tancef, iu that it should be determined forth with. The indictment, said Colonel Mel. drim' was found upon a charge of conspiracy. The British privy coun sel has found that conspiracy is not an extraditable offdnse between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, hence as the defendants were extradited, they cannot be tried upon an indictment alleging conspiracy. This, according to the defense, should (Iuash the two old indictments. Mir. Erwin replied tit he would require time in which to formulate his answer to the plea. The r-emaindier of the day's session was conisuuiied in pr1eliminary skir mishies betwveen counsel wvith the is sue up~on the contention advanced still uindecided when adjournment until Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock was taken. It seemed quite possible as one observed tile slow progress of the case that it mrighlt be days be fore the yoint of dirawing the jury for the actuaa tini will be reached. ALABAMA STATE PRIMARY Will Name Successors to Senatore Morgan and Pettus. A state pirimnary in Alabama was orderecd for August 27 by the demo cratic executive committee in session at Montgomery.' Th'le committee not only ordered a primar-y for the se lection of deolcr-atic candildates for governor and United States senarors, I but it provided furthier for the suc' cession to thle United States senate in the event ther-e should be at vacancy caused by death in the next four, years. The voters will not only vote for I successors to 'Senator Morgan and Pettus, but they will vote for men who are to be appointed by the gov ernor in the event either of the two senators die. CAPiTALiSTS FAVOR EXPOSiTiON. Monied Men of Atlanta Will Aid the Great Fair for 1910. A rep~resentative body of Atlanta capitalists assembled at tile chambier of commerce W'ednesday, at the in vitation of John W. Grant, chairman of the 1910~ exposition canvassing comn mittee, which is to work amon'g the capitalists. Tha gentlemen present, every one, of whom is prominent in the business world of thle city, expressed themi selves as heartily in sympathy with the exposition movement. IRAND ,JURYMEN AFTER GREEN.. True Bill Against Man Who Was a Juror in First Trial of Sanford. The Floyd county grand jury at Rome, Ga., Friday afternoon returned a true bill for perjury against George Green, a jurymian on thle former trial of Sanford. The solicitor general stated some time ago that he had evi deuce to prove that Gr-een htad ex pressedl himself as dletermined to ac suit Sanfordl AUTOS FOR RURAL CARRIERS. Postmaster General Cortelyou Ap. proves Such Suggestion. Postmaster General Cortelyou has approved a recommendation of Four'th Assistant DeGraw for the use of -urai carriers of automobiles in serving their routes. The postmaster general, however, reserves the right to re 'w o.l carriers to discontinue the BACON SEEKS LIHT Asks for Information Anent Moroccan Conference. FEARS AN ENTANGLEMENT Resolution Calls for Reasons That Led to Appointment of Delegates to the Conference and Powers Conferred. A Washington special says: Criti cism1 of the president's foreign pol .es took a now turn Monday when Senator Bacon introduced a resolu tion designed to bring out all the facts concerning the action of the executive in providing for this gov erninont's participatiol in the con ference of European power-s over Mo roceo. Coning as it did on the heels of Senator Tilliman's effort to throw tile light of investigation upon Santo Do mingo; of Senator Raynor's iery excoriation of the Roosevelt intorpre tation of the Monroe doctrine, this Mo rocco resolution caused adninistra tion senator-s so much (isconfort that Senator Lodge served notice upon the senato. that he would hereafter insist that all discussions of questions bear ing upon foreign relations be discuss ed only behind clOsed doors. There are evidences of strong protest, not con fined within democratic lines, against the president's action in permitting this government to take a hand in the Algeciras conference. Republican senators who have ex cused the president's policy toward Santo Domingo on the ground that the Monroe doctrine places upon the government the duty of acting as po licenman with this hemisphere seem to think that representationl at the Morocco conference is an altogether needless and unwarranted, if not dan gerous injection of this government into the quarrels of Europe. Senator Bacon recites in the 'pre amible of his resolution that the sit uation in Morocco and in Europe fore shadows a war and recalls the fact that our relations with Morocco are purely commercitl. The powers in terested in the political affairs of Mo rocco, ho says, are pilainly preparing for war. The invitation they have extended to the United States to send delegates to the conference in Spain together with the president's appointmenIt of dolegates in accordance with the In vitation are taken by Senator Bacon to be of such important nature in view of the pending war cloud over Mlorocco that the senate should be informed by the president as to the exact powvers that w.ill he placed in the hands of the Amuericanm delegates C to the confer-ence. To secure this infor-mationm the res olut Ion calls iuponi the p~residenlt tor furnish the senate with copies of in vitations sent this countr-y to p~artic ipate In the conferenace any p)aper-s showing the subjects wvith which the ' confer-ence is eixpected to (deai, all in structions sent to the American dele gates and the names of said delegates ~ power of the delegates to bind tils and also tile limitations placed In tilet power of the delegates to bind tis country to tihe agreements that may 0 be reached by the confer-ence. - LITTLE COTTON iN THE FIELDS. ' Only Two Per Cent Remained to Be hn Picked on January 1. es 'Presidlent H~arvie Jordan of the vi souther-n Cotton Association has just a ssued a b~ulletin showing that prac ically all of the southl's cotton has c >een picked and ginned. c< AccordIng to this repor-t, which is >ased upon statements received by lhe association's correspondence in all au mi-ts ot the south, only 1.61 per cenlt go if the cotton remained in tihe fields on m [anuary 1, 1906, and only 2.45 percent dli 'eained to be ginned. ci pg RATE BILL OF MR. HEPBURN N4ill Be Supported by Republican Go Members of Committee. A Washington special says: For he purpose of giving the hlouse bill come prestige before the senate, T1 .Thairman Hepburn and members of ar he committee on interstate and for lign commner-ce, are endeavoing tot reach an agrecemient for unaninmous report of a rate 1bill. Tis developedl rt Friday's meeting of the commit tee at which the republican mnember-s announiced their purpose or support ing the Hepburn bill with certal? ilight changes. t .. tc NINE DIE IN HOTEL FIRE. Three Stories of Building Burned and Guests Were Entrapped. Nine persons lost their lives in I fire whlich burned out the fifth, sixth and seventh stories of the WVest hotes, in Minneapolis, early Wednesday. Th'le blaze started in an unknown maonner in the packing room on the first floor-, and, ascending thle elevator C shaft, si'readl when it reached the ~ fifthl floor. MORE WIRES FOR THE SOUTH. Vestern Union Finds It Necessary to, increase FacilIties. Many~ high offlcials of the Western1 Union Telegraph ccmpany are taking a general tr-ip of inspection over' the south and1( southwest. The party wvas headed by J:.C. Blarclay, assistant gen- I eral mnanager' of the system.v Mr. flarclay said conditions in the v ,i' 1Il'~. w*the Wes~t- ti VERY PLEA OVERRULED, Viesars. Greene and Gaynor Lose in trie First Round Before Judge Speer-Court Talks Plainly. In the United States court at Ia 7annah Friday morning Judge Emory 3peer rendered a decision overrung >very plea that the crhmu of conspir icy with which Greene and Gaynor tre charged was not extraditable. The decision was a sweeping 0110 in favor of the government. It imeans that. the defendants must go to trial on the two old indictments in which there are fourteen counts regardless A whether they are tried upon thc Indictments recently found or not. 'i'li opiigon of tile court was, ir part, as follows: "The plea allegos that the court Is without jurisdiction for tile roasonm therein stated. They are that the de rendants were lately under the sover. ignl:-' of Great Britain; that under he treaty and under extradition trea ties between this government and Great BrRain the defendants were in licted to be tried on the charges; first or participation in fraud by agent Ind trustee; second, participation inl nbezz lenient; and, third, receivingr noney, and property, knowing, the mine to be fraudulently obtained." The judge said: "For many years the United States ias been trying to bring to the bar >f public justice the men whom suc cessive grand juries have indicted .or alleged violation of its laws and lileged misappropriation of onorious mnis appropriated by tie libera:::/ A congress fcr the benefit of this aIty, of the Gcorgil sea, coast, and tile righty values involved in the trans :ortation by water of the interstate ind foreign commerce of our com ry. On the other hand the rights of In ini(lividual are not less snered, not es to be carefully conserved by the -ourts than the rights of the public n so far as they may be properly nvolved. The. court has, therefore istened attentively and carefully con sidered tilo exhaustive arguments ii ,oinsel. "Why is the court asked at one troke to hew diown tile arm of ju:: lce as it would h!old tile sca'les In )qlal poise between the government: md the accused? "It is said that 1.0 uphold this in lictiment would be a reflection 111)011 he national honor. blut III view of this ction of all the courts of Great Brit. Lill and the aleICl sufliecly of these ndicltments, it will appear, I tlill, o annul them would seem a reolec Ion upon the national intelligence. "The whole contention of the ac used may be su1mn:arizcd in a sin le sentence. The ildictlent clalrges onspiracy and tile 1)risonler's were eturned to the bar of this court or something else. It is further harged that tile 1risoners are put n trial for' cr'ime sother than thlose or wichei tile extradition was granted. "The ruling of this colurt in 115 fed. ep., 344, on tile demurrer to a sim lar indictment hlas been cited as au hlority to suplport the lea of the de Dondants. It is urged that the court citeratedi tile word1 conspiracy as a .esignation for tile -offense, but the act should not be dlisr'egardled that long withl this expression wvas thle illest and1 most circumstanltial (de all of the facts, which wvere set out i the indlictmlents, which were adopt ii by all the lBritish and Canadian ourts, whlich passed( on the lulestion, hich brought the ab~ove extr'adition, hiach gave theC Information to the risonlers of thle character of tile large against them and which must 3 proven substantially before tile gov rnmlenlt can expect a verdict of coun iction. It was described not merely a a conspiracy, but as a joint and iccessful endeavtr to dlefraudl the nilted States by participation in thle 'ime of its trusted agent and ofl-' Report of Indian Revolt Denied. 9enor Obaldia, minister from Pan na, in Washington, has received thle helwing cablegram from Is govern ent: "Deny uprising of San Bias In ans." Personal differences between aiefs caused circulation of the re ROADS MUST PAY UP. sorgia Supreme Court Upholds the State in Back Tax Cases. 'Georgia's supreme court decided on lesday that the Georgia Railroad ad flanking company and the Cen al of Georgia Railway company are tble to the state for taxes on 30,000 ares of the capital stock of - the ~estern of Alabama railway, half of hich is owned by each of the Geor a corporations namned. The supreme murt thus sustains the decisions in ese eases of Judge John T. Por'dlo n of Fulton superior court. SMOOT CASE WITNESSES Immoned by Chairman Burrows to Appear In Washington. Chairman Burrows of the- senate Olimiittee on privileges and elections, ueOsduy, issuedl subpoenas for a num-. er' of witnesses to testify in the case f Senator Sinoot of Utah. The flames f tihe witnesses will not be made pub Ic until after the oubpoenas are sery d. Most of them are in Utah.' WILL DISCUSS LAND AGENTS. ~assenge'r Officials to Investigate the Schemes of Western Lines. A hieeting of passenger offiia of h~e southeastern and western lines as been1 calledi to mebet inl Chicago. til un~derstood that thle gatherIng di consider the efforts of' certain -estern1 lines andi their met hods ol ~ying to dlepopulato this section for CROWERSCONVENE1 Southern Cotton Association Meets in New Orleans, NOTABLE SPEECHES MADE President Jordan Reviews Situation in interesting Annual Address-Pro, ceedings of First Day's Session. With a large and representative at tendance from the cotton growing states, the Scuthern Cotton Growers' Asucciation opened a three days' ses sion in New Orleans Thursday. The hall was crowded when Pres ident Jordan called the convention to order. A feature that attracted at tention was the presenge of a negro delegation frcmrn Hinds county, Missis sippi. Secretary Woods of the Mis sissippi association Enid they were reg ular delegates and entitled to seats. President Jordan was given an ova tion. Igivocat'on was offered by Rev. Dr. Beverly Warner. Ex-President John M. Parker of the New Orleans cotton exchange delivered an address of welcome in which he said the spec ulator is the greatest enemy the far mer has. fe counseled the farmer not to "kill" the golden goose by put ting up prices So high as we will soon have an active competition from other countries. Mr. Foster, member of the Louisi ana railroad commission, and a larg.3 cotton pkinter, responded. When Mr. Foster concluded President Jordan de livered his address on the southern farmer. President Jordan reviewed at some length the objects of the association and Its accomplishments. lie ro ferred to the discovery of dishonest practices in the bureau of cotton sta tistics in the department of agricul ture at Washington and the light made by the asscciation for purity there. -He then discussed the reasons for the denandi made by the associa tion-11 cents for cotton. "It has been ascertained by Inves tigation," lie said, "and has not yet been denied, that at the prevailing prices of the manufactured product.s this season, spinners could easily have paid 12 cents for the entire crop to the growers and declared div idends on their investments. On this basis a crop of 10,000,000 bales should have brought the .producers $600,000,000. If we demand and re ceive 15 cents for the balance of the unsold portion of the crop, basis mid dling, at interior points, we will still be unable to average the whole crop at 12 cents a pound1(, due to the unwar ranted low prices at wvhich more than one-half of the crop has been sold. The proposition to hold the balance of the crop at a maximum figure of 15 cents is, therefore, based upon conservative r-easoning surrounding the present legitimate laws of 'demand and supply. Concluding his address, President Jordan urged the wisdlom and1 neces sity for compact organization amiont the girowers in every cotton producing county In the south. Mr. Irvine of Georgia said exten sive Italian immigration would ulti mately result In Italian possession of southern lands. -He thought the en er-gies of tihe south ought to be dIrect ed to the education of its youth in the advantages of farming and to the sending of city boys to the fields. Mr-. Smith of South Car-olina said that the south during the past year hadi madle all the cotton needed with out diffleulty, andl with negro labo, andl there wvas no occasion for dis cussing the question of securing ad ditional labor until the souther-n far mers we-e assured an enriching re tur-n on the cotton they wecre able to raise. At the conclusion of the dliscussion HoTn. D. A. Trompkins of Charlotte, N. C., was introduced to speak on "Cot. ton Values in Textile F"abrics." At the opening of the afternoon session announcements wvere madle of members from the various states to serve on trho committee which (does the actual work of the convention. The committees providedl for are on acre age andl diversification, pushing the work of organization and financing the association, warehousing, holding balance of unsold crop, tradle relations and statistics. The night features were a paper by John D. Walker of Sparta, Ga., on closer relation between banker and farmer. He was given a vote of thanks for raising the first $10,000) for- the work. Walter Clark, presi dent of the Mississippi division. spuse on organization, detailing the results which had followed the union. NO MONEY VALUE iN PRAYERS. Mississippi Legislature is Against the Compensation of Ministers. Pr-ayers have no financial value, ac cording to a dlecision i-cached by the lowei- branch of the Mississippi leg islature. A resolution wvas offered providing for the payment of $100 to the ministers of Jackson to open the OsSIens with prayer eneh morning, and 'Nas voted dlown by an overwhelm ing majority. The lawmakers thought that the ministers ought to be willing to pray without pay. WANT GRIGS FOR CHAIRMAN. Georgia Delegation in, Congress Ap prove of Judge's Qualification. The nmembeirs of the Georgia delega tion in congress have unanimuously selected Judge Griggs as Georgia's member of 'the congressional cam ')'ign), with thle underntanding that he 'ill be a candidate for the chairman SMITH-HOWELL DEBATE. Two Georgia Gubernatorial Candidates Engage in Forensic Contest In Co lumbus-Only One Sensation. The first of the joint debates in the Georgia gubernatorial campaign was pulled off in Coluimbas Wednesday be tween Candidates lion. Hoke Smith and Hon. Clark Howell. The speakers were greeted by an audience of nearly 2,000 people, and both vere given an ovation, and the partisans of both sides are making sweeping claims as to the result of the meeting. A sensational feature of the debate was when Mr. Howell said that he had been offered the support of Hon. 'rom Watson, and when some one in the audience shouted for "proof," Myr. Howell produced and read two letters which, in part, weo as follows: Atlanta, Ga., July 14, 1905.-Hon. Clark Howell-My Dear Clark: have just wound up an interesting trip of eight days' touring through Tennes see and Virginia with my friend, Hon. Tom Watson. We thoroughly discuss ed the chances of Hon. Hoke Smith and yz.urself, and came to the con diusion that all this corporation talk is nothing but a skirmish fight-that the all-absorbinpg contention will be the disfranchisement of the negro. Mr. Watson, you will remember, in his Atlanta speech of September, 1904, pledged himself to disfranchiseinent. You will recall that I have for years been your warm personal friend -- ever since we served together in the house of representatives, of which you were s-peaker. I want you elect ed governor, and I am particularly anxious to have you secure Mr. Wat son's support to that end. If you had agreed to support the disfranchisement amendment, I feel satisfied that Smith could not secure Watson's support. I know that he dis likes Hoike Smith, and I know the v.y ininous Lreatment of Mr. Watson by Hioke Smith and the Atlanta Journal in the past rankles in his breast, espec illy the open charge of corruption made by Mr. Smith in Augusta. it is true that both you and Smith were bitterly opposed to 'the 1ard wick disfranchisement bill at the time it was defeated in the general assembly. And yet Hoke's deep anx lety for political promotion is such that he will not hesitate to make a deal bartering his conviction on this subject. You have the first opportunity to get Watson's support if you want it. Let me hear from you on the sub ject. Address your reply to my ol( home, Juniper, Talbot county, Georgia. and It will be forwarded to me. Your friend, .JOH'N A. SIBLEY. To this Mr. Howell replied as fol lows: Atlanta, Ga., July 17, 1905.--Ion. John A. Sibley, Junilper, Tralbot Coun ty, Georgia. - My Dear John: I have you very kind letter written af ter- your tipil through the mountains with Hon. T1onm Watson.1 I would like to see Mr. Watson re turn to the democratic party and to have his support as a democrat. .Tnfortunately he seems to have dril tedl tco far from his original moor ings to affiliate with the party, and I can quite understand now how, as: one who is bitterly antagonizing demi ocratic success, he should be willing to inject new issues into democratic counsels with the view ot dividing the white vote of Georgia. Per-sonally, I am very fond of him and much admire his brilliancy and his literar-y attainments. I am opposed to the kind of dis franchisemnent as proposed by the H-ardwick bill, becausee I believe that instead of r-eally di2franchising thmec negro it will dlisfranchise thousanda i of them and disfranchise tens of thousands of white citizens.t My recor-d in this matter is based upon conscience and I must be con-t sistent. I wouldl not have the gover-norsh ip if I had to barter my convictions to get the office. With assurance of personal esteem. anm, with best wishes, sincerely yours, CLARK HOWELL. ABDICATION FOR MORALES. Dominican President Proposes Surren. -| der 'to Esolipe Punishment. The state department has advices from Santo Domingo City to the eo.f Fect that the government there wasa dlisposed to accept the proposal of President Morales to surrender his pf. Vice andl quit the republic if he wer-e not arrested or tried on the charge af treason. It is believed Morales will he depor-ted to insure the observancet of the terms of his abdication.t ROOSEVELT RIDES THE- GOAT. President Initiated as Honorary Menm. ber Of Order of Red Men. Under the supervision of Judge D~aniel of Griffin, Ga., and other high afficials of the order, Pr-esident Rloose volt took a first' ride upon01 the Rled' Men's goat. Ife is now an honcorary member of the lnde~penden]t Order ofa Red Meni. The interesting ceremony of initia tion took place at the white house Thursday morning BUREAU CO'TTON REPORT. Bulletinl Issued at Washington Show ing 95721,773 Bales Ginned. Accordinlg to a bulletin Issued Tuee day by the ce95sus bureau, 9,721,773 o ~ales of epitff were ginned to Jan-e use.<1D06, couning round as ha'r o bales, and exclud~inlg 'linters. Numi- n her of round bales included 263,4 2-1. ra Island bales, 98,939. There W:- h FOR FIFTEEN CENTS armers are Urged to Ho'd Cotton by Convention. 3ANKERSPLEDGE SUPPORT As Moans of Reduction Diversification of Crops Is Urged-.Sensation:-l Advices Sent Out from New York. By a unanimous vote the Southern Cotton Association in session at New Orleans adopted the report of Its comn mittee on holding, recommending that the balance of the crop of 1905-6 be held for fifteen cents a pound. A joint committee of bankers and farm ers from each state an(I territory is to carry the plan into effect. Co-op oration with the growers of sea island Cotton is provided for, long staplecot ton to be held at 24 cents. That the sum of work of the South srn Cotton Association was to Ie a declaration for fifteen cents cotton with reduction In the form of (liversi fication was practiclly settled at the Friday afternoon session of tile cou vention when Chairman Dancy of the committee on holding, in advance of the Presentation of its report, an nouinced1 that the committee had unan imously decided lavorably on that proposition. 'The an nouncelent po voked the convention to a Whirlwind of cheering. The premature announcement of the conclusions of the committee was forced by adviCes froir. New York to the effect that newspape (lispatches and Wall street reports printed and circulated there indicated a lack of harmony among the elements making up the convontion and dissensions over the 15 ce(nts proposition. R. Dancy, chairman of the holding committee, then said that in view of the reports which had been circulated 4 in the east of dissension in the con vention, he desired to announce In advance of its report that the com mittee was uunnimc us in its decision to ask the convention to stand by the proposition that the routhje-n farmers will hold their cotton for 15 cents. Chairman Walker of Sparta, Ga., who presided over the meeting of the bankerm;, then anncunced that tho bankers had enthusiastically adopted the following resolutions: "The southern bankers in conven. tion congrata ate the Southern Cotton Associatitn on tile success Which it has aIready attaine(d in its efforts to maintain a fali- an( equitable price [or the south's staple crop, and rec ognmizing that the Interests of the far' mers, bankers and business men of the south arc insepar-able; therefore,4 be it "Resolved, first, That we, represen tatives of southern banks, herebprye ww~ our piledge of moral andl financial suplport to the Southern Cotton Asso alation, in their efforts to carry out hiis purpose; and second, we urge ~he imnportanc2 of a better andl more 30mpilete system of warehousing andI 3aring for cotton.' Chairman JT. H1. White presented the -eport of the committee on - ~ .ra~le relations. It indorsed th: >y the -standing committee. :ei- signedl by e'x-Senator M. is chairman, said the commit President Rloosevelt and cabinet ofil ~era in Washington after the last con tention, andl explainedl to him the do ire for a commission to enlarge the ~ottoni trade In' foreign countrnies. By invitation Secretary Bllackwell f tile National Ginner-s' Association lnde an address to the convention. '"here ni-e not 300,000m bales of cot on yet to gin in the ontire south,' eo said. "More than 50 per~ cent oi h~e gins everywhere are closed. Many *f the c'hers have only five to~ seven ales ito gin. Dry goods have been onstantly adivancing in pirice (luring i he year- past, andl we- have only to tandl together to get thle reasonable 'rice the association has asked for otton." DAMN THE LAW," SAID MAYOR. his Remark Is Attributed to the' Chief Executive of Kansas City. "Damn the law, Goed could not en omee the prohibltlon law In Kansas nd Jesus Christ woul not." Rev. John C. Lynn, a Presbyterian ireacher and president of the Civic Aague, testifying at Kansas City, [an., F'riday, in the cause brought by he state to oust Mayor W. WV. Rose rOml office because of his alleged fail ire to enforce~.the laws, testifiedl that he above words wvere spokeni by idayor Rose on May 6, 1905. EXPOSITION BUILDINGS BURN.. -listoric Structures'at Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Reduced to Ashes. Filre consumedl the historic New (ork building and t he Fine Ar-ts milding at Iedmmont park, Atlanata, P'hursdany mlcrning. The conflagration robbed the city .m str'ucture that has played a promi ent part in the gala days of Atlanta's listory, f~or most of the celebriatced via hers to thle city have been entertainedl n the New York building. COLLISION BEING PROBED. laval Board of Inquiry Convenes onj Board Battleship iowa. A naval boardl or inquiry, composed f oficers of the Atlantic fleet, was onvenedl aboard tho battleshliD Iowa, if 01(1 Point, Truesdlay, by Roar Ad. liral Robley D. Evans, and an in estigation into the collision of the attleshI4)s g(entucky and Alabama, ff Five F'athon bank, New \,York,